Better tech – Better health

For our own health

Origo has developed Heilsuvera, which gives individuals oversight over their own health. In Heilsuvera, individuals can be in direct contact with staff at their local clinic, review their prescriptions and request a renewal, book appointments, view hospitalisations and visits to health institutions, make decisions on organ donation and view their vaccination history, all in one place. Parents can also use Heilsuvera for the same purpose on behalf of their children. Furthermore, prospective mothers can have oversight over measurements from mother protection and access to files which the midwife uploads into the medical record, including sonar photos or nuchal fold scans.

World leading technology

During the pandemic, Origo worked with the Icelandic government and the World Health Organization (WHO) to develop two solutions that would play a vital role in steering the country – and the world – through the crisis.

Origo developed a package of software and supplied hardware for border screening in just 10 days. The package was also used at Suðurlandsbraut where thousands of individuals were tested for COVID-19 every day during the peak of the pandemic.

When COVID-19 vaccines had received marketing authorisation, it was essential to move quickly to organise vaccination for the most vulnerable groups. In two we weeks, Origo managed to develop a vaccination system that was initially used to vaccinate the most vulnerable groups but later developed into a vaccination system for the entire country. Every Icelander that was vaccinated against COVID-19 received an invitation to be vaccinated with a bar code from the vaccination system that Origo had developed.

Origo later developed the world’s first vaccination certificate in collaboration with the European Union. The certificate, originally developed for Iceland, was later adopted by WHO and rolled out globally. In order to achieve this, Origo drew on expertise from across the company to create a fully operational high-capacity system that is all at once secure, robust and fast. These high-profile successes have already led to a wide interest in the development of Origo solutions for screening and certification in a variety of healthcare settings.